Mexico City, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Mexico's national human rights commission, known as CNDH, said on Tuesday that poverty is a major obstacle to the protection of the rights of children and youth in the country. ... More
Lima, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Miners in Peru began a national strike on Tuesday organized by the Federation of Mining, Steel, and Metal Workers who are protesting against a series of labor legislations and executive decrees cutting their rights at work. ... More
Mexico City, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) The head of the human rights division of the federal attorney general's office in Mexico resigned unexpectedly on Monday. ... More
Havana, May 19 (RHC) -– Angolan Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente has paid homage to the Cuban internationalist soldiers that died during the Angolan independence war.... More
Athletes from Cuba and the United States held a regatta today in the waters of Havana's Malecon seafront, which was more symbolic than competitive, because it was a very friendly cap between the two countries following the announcement of the intention of both governments to restore diplomatic relations.... More
Islamabad, May 19 (RHC)-- At least six people have been killed in a U.S. assassination drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. The strike reportedly targeted suspected militants in the Zoye Narye area of North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistan's Dawn News reported.... More
Mexico City, May 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A leading figure in the movement of Mexican farmers striking to demand better labor conditions in San Quintin, Baja California, was attacked by a gang in her home early Monday, as protests continue in demand of better wages.... More
Athens, May 19 (RHC)-- Greece says the conclusion of a make-or-break agreement with its creditors by the end of May is crucial to Athens’ avoiding disastrous default on its debt. The country has been trying to hammer out the deal with the lenders for nearly four months. The accord would unlock the 7.2-billion-euro Athens owes under its 240-billion-euro bailout provided by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.... More
Ramallah, May 19 (RHC)-- A senior official of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on Paris to terminate the cooperation of a French telecommunications corporation with the Israeli regime. ... More
Baghdad, May 19 (RHC)-- The self-proclaimed Islamic State has reportedly solidified its hold on the key Iraqi city of Ramadi after capturing it from Iraqi forces on Sunday. There were reports of militants throwing bodies into the Euphrates River. ... More
Abuja, May 19 (RHC)-- The militant group Boko Haram has reportedly raped hundreds of women and girls in Nigeria as part of a deliberate strategy to assert control over rural areas. ... More
The Italian city of Venice was the venue of the 9th International Poetry Festival Word in the World this week with the attendance of poet Antonio Guerrero, who recently returned to the island after being unjustly locked in US jails for fighting terrorism... More
Philadelphia, May 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, Amtrak says it has installed automatic train control technology that slows trains on the stretch of track where last week’s deadly derailment occurred. Federal officials have ordered the installment of a more advanced system, positive train control, by year’s end. ... More
Washington, May 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama is curbing the flow of military-style gear to local police departments. ... More
Nashville, May 19 (RHC)-- Three peace activists who infiltrated a nuclear weapons site have been freed from prison after their convictions were overturned. In 2012, the self-described "Transform Now Plowshares" broke into the Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. They cut holes in the fence to paint peace slogans and threw blood on the wall, revealing major security flaws at the facility, which processes uranium for hydrogen bombs.... More
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